企

Stroke order

企 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人卜中一 (OYLM), four-corner 8010₁, composition ⿱𠆢止)

• 𬽾, 㖉, 𰌃, 𢬖, 𱀏, 𱣕, 𦕫, 𨀣, 𬾍, 𬷏, 峜, 𦮳, 𬆍, 𰂝, 𰸍, 𫿸, 𠐰, 𨕲

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 95, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 422
• Dae Jaweon: page 201, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 116, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4F01

Historical forms of the character 企
Shang		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script j18796 j18797 j18798 j18799 j18800 j18801 Small seal script s05659 s05660 Transcribed ancient scripts L20156 L20157 L20158 L20159
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

人 (“person”) + 止 (“foot”) – a person standing on tiptoes.

企

1. ^†(alternative form 跂) to stand on one's tiptoes

   • 企者不立，跨者不行。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

     Qǐ zhě bù lì, kuà zhě bù xíng.

     One who tiptoes does not stand ; one who strides does not walk .

2. (Cantonese, Hakka) to stand
3. ^⁜ to expect anxiously

   企望  ―  qǐwàng  ―  to hope for

4. ^⁜ to plan

   企劃／企划  ―  qǐhuà  ―  to plan; plan

5. (chiefly in compounds) Short for 企業／企业 (qǐyè, “enterprise”).

   國企／国企  ―  guóqǐ  ―  state-owned enterprise

   私企  ―  sīqǐ  ―  private enterprise

   政企關係／政企关系  ―  zhèng-qǐ guānxì  ―  relationship between the government and the enterprises

6. a surname
7. (Shanghainese) straight; steep

   搿個山坡老企個，直接看得到地垟搭，當心覅摜下去。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   搿个山坡老企个，直接看得到地垟搭，当心覅掼下去。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁸geq-gheq ¹se-phu ⁶lau ⁵chi ⁰gheq ⁸zeq-ciq ⁵khoe-teq-tau ⁶di-yan-taq ¹taon-shin ⁶viau ⁶gue-gho-chi [Wugniu]

   This slope is very steep, you can see the ground from here, be careful not to fall.

• (to stand):

See 屋企.

企 (Cantonese)

1. Used in 屋企 (“home”).

   到企 [Taishanese]  ―  au¹ kei²   ―  at home

   冇企 [Taishanese]  ―  mau¹ kei²   ―  not at home

• “企”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. plan, undertake, design

• Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: くわだてる (kuwadateru, 企てる, Jōyō)^{←くはだてる (kufadateru, 企てる, historical)}、たくらむ (takuramu, 企む)

• 企(き)画(かく) (kikaku)
• 企(き)業(ぎょう) (kigyō)

From Middle Chinese 企 (MC khjeX|khjieH).

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

企

Wikisource

企 (eumhun 꾀할 기 (kkoehal gi))

1. hanja form^? of 기 (“plan”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

企: Hán Nôm readings: xí

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